Imperial College London
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Dr Austen El-Osta

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Primary Care Research Manager
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7604a.el-osta Website

 
 
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323Reynolds BuildingCharing Cross Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{El-Osta:2023:10.1186/s12894-023-01180-2,
author = {El-Osta, A and Kerr, G and Alaa, A and Asmar, MLE and Karki, M and Webber, I and Sasco, ER and Blume, G and Beecken, W-D and Mummery, D},
doi = {10.1186/s12894-023-01180-2},
journal = {BMC Urology},
pages = {1--12},
title = {Investigating self-reported efficacy of lifestyle medicine approaches to tackle erectile dysfunction: a cross-sectional eSurvey based study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12894-023-01180-2},
volume = {23},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background:Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the most common sexual dysfunction in men. Some types of ED are amenable to treatment using lifestyle medicine approaches with or without pharmacotherapy.Aim:Investigate self-reported efficacy of lifestyle medicine approaches to tackle ED.Methods:A cross-sectional online survey of 1177 community dwelling adults explored the prevalence and methods used to tackle ED in the community setting. We examined differences between participants with and without ED. Variables associated with ED in univariable analyses were included in a multivariable logistic regression to identify variables independently associated with the condition.Outcomes:Self-reported measure: perceived effectiveness of lifestyle medicine interventions to tackle ED.Results:Most respondents (76.5%) had experienced ED, and this was associated with having a long-term condition, taking anti-hypertensive medication, hypercholesterolaemia and obesity. Medication was the most common management strategy overall (65.9%), followed by stress management (43.5%) and weight loss (40.4%). Over half (53.9%) did not use any lifestyle modification strategies to tackle ED. Only 7.0% of ED sufferers received a mental health assessment and 29.2% received other tests (e.g., blood test, medical imaging) by GPs. Cardiovascular training was identified as the best rated strategy by its users (37.8%). Supplements (35.1%) and weight training/physical activity (32.6%) were also positively rated.Clinical implicationsStructured education to general practitioners and community dwelling adults about the impact of lifestyle behaviour modification and how this could influence the appearance or trajectory of ED could help improve personal choice when tackling ED.Strengths and limitations:To our knowledge, this is the first study to collect eSurvey responses from community dwelling adults to gauge their reliance and perceived effectiveness of lifestyle medicine approaches to tackle ED. The principal li
AU  - El-Osta,A
AU  - Kerr,G
AU  - Alaa,A
AU  - Asmar,MLE
AU  - Karki,M
AU  - Webber,I
AU  - Sasco,ER
AU  - Blume,G
AU  - Beecken,W-D
AU  - Mummery,D
DO  - 10.1186/s12894-023-01180-2
EP  - 12
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 1471-2490
SP  - 1
TI  - Investigating self-reported efficacy of lifestyle medicine approaches to tackle erectile dysfunction: a cross-sectional eSurvey based study
T2  - BMC Urology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12894-023-01180-2
UR  - https://bmcurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12894-023-01180-2
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/103113
VL  - 23
ER  -
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